Advertising apparatus.



A. F. DE SAINT-ROMAIN.

ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2 I, 1914.

Patented Dec. 28 F1 g 1 Fig.2

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ADVERTISING Arraaarus.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed April 21, 1914. Serial No. 833,393.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, ALsxrs FRANQOIS on SAINT-ROMAIN, a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of 4 Rue Marengo, St.-Etienne, Loire, France, have inventeda new and useful Advertising Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising or display apparatus of the changing type, comprising a window in front of which are presented in succession various advertising panels. It is characterized by this that the panels are independent and that each panel undergoes a turning-over between two successive presentations so as to show alternately its two faces.

A method of carrying out this invention has been shown by way of example upon the annexed drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the a paratus. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 seen from theri ht. On a larger scale, Fig. 3 is a detail 0 the transmission device in engagement with the pinion, and Fi 4 and 5 show the two different positions 0 another device of the apparatus.

The apparatus is of the shape of a parallelcpipedal box; the front face A of the box carries a glass window through which the advertising anels are visible. Adjacent each side wa l A (Figs. 1 and 2) is an endless chain B stretching between two toothed wheels B B. This chain B of which a detail is shown in Fig. 3 is provided with grooves between its joints, the links being thus approximately semi-circular in shape. Two pinions C and C also mesh with the chain B. A rail or slope-D, forming an inclined lane between the pinions G and C, is ted to each wall A. Above this' inclined plane is arranged an escapement device E.

' At the lower part of each wall A (Fig. 2), there are fixed'a guide device F and a switch point F, which latter is movable around a horizontal axis 7. At the upper part of each wall A there is fixed above the pinion Ca detaching block or tappet G.

.The toothed wheels B are keyed upon a cross shaft 6 (Fi 1) and the toothed wheels B upon anot er shaftfbC- Further the escapement devices E are fixed to a cross shaft e. These parts thus .work together andytheir movements are thus'synchronized.

I The extremitiesof the canvases or fabric zfbaclongs H, upon? which are fixed the vertising panels, are secured to wires or rods I and I (Fig. 2). These rods or wires I and I are. provided at their extremities with rollers 71.

The toothed wheels B B and the pinions C and G are each formed in two parts having the same number of teeth; one enters into engagement with the chain B and the other receives the wires I and I. These two parts are'assembled together in such a manner that the solid portions of the part which receives the wires correspond to the hollow portions of the other. The solid portions of the part in engagement with the chain are hollowed out in so far as is necessary to afford passages to the wires and to permit the organs, rollers, rails, switches and tappets or disengaging blocks to be brought outside the planes of the chain. It follows that the wires, which can locate themselves only in the hollows of the gear-teeth and out of engagement with the chain, always place themselves correctly in the hollowed-out portions of the chain B.

The working of the apparatus is as foll0ws:--By rotation of the toothed wheels B B in the direction of the arrows (Fig. 2) a finger or striker e carried by the chain Bacts through bell crank a periodically 11213011 the control of the escapement devices which release the first of the upper wires sponding lower wire follows the movement of descent, enters into enga ement with the pinions B and locates itsel f in its turn in the opened-out portions of the chain B. The movement continuing, the wire I comes first into contact with the switch tongues F (position of Fig. 4) slips past them and brings them to-the position of Fig. 5. Still in engagement with the chain, the wire I reaches the upper part of the apparatus, meets the detaching or disengaging block G, is removed from the chains and again assumes its position upon the inclined plane. The wire I which has been following, meets the switch tongues F in the position of Fig. 5. These switch tongues throw back the wire-I out of the chains and again take up the position shown in Fig. 4. The same operation takes 'place for each panel. It will be seen them that the panel H has been brought back to the rear in a reversed orinverted position, the wire 'I being at the bot tom and the wire I at the top, while for the face H which was visible in the original position there is substituted the face H which.

will be visible at the time of the second passing of the canvas H in front of thewindow. By this means one can thus utilize the two faces, back and front, of each canvas series of independent flexible panels having display matter on both faces but in relatively inverted position on the respective faces, transverse supports at opposite ends of each panel, a rest upon which said panels are suspendedv by said transverse supports one behind the; other in J display position, endless traveling-carriers at opposite margins of the panels, atrip device for maintaining thefront panel in stationary position during its display, means operated by said carrier for intermittently freeing said trip device and transferring said front panel to the carriers and means for detaching said removed panel from the carriers and depositing it in inverted position upon the rest and at the back of the series.

2. An advertising apparatus comprising a seriesiof independent flexible panels having display matter. on both faces but in relatively inverted position on the respective faces, transverse supports at opposite ends of each panel, a rest upon which said panels are suspended by said transverse supports one behind the other in display position, endless traveling carriers at opposite margins of the panels, means for intermittently transferring the front panel of the series on the rest to said carriers, a transfer device adjacent the rear of the rest, a cooperating detaching block engaged by theupper transverse support ofthe removed panel when brought to inverted position by said carrier, at second detaching block simultaneously engaged by the lower transverse supports on said panel, whereby thedisengaged inverted panel is deposited by said transfer device and suspended byits upper transverse supports upon said rest at the back of the series of panels.

3. An advertising apparatus comprising a series ofindependent flexible panels having display matter on both faces but in rela- Cpptes of this patent may begobta ined for tively inverted position on the respective one behind the other in display position,

endless traveling carriers at opposite margins of the panels, means for intermittently transferring the front panel of the series on the rest to said carriers, a transfer device adjacent the rear of the rest, a cooperating detaching block engaged by the upper transverse support of the removed panel when brought to inverted position by said carrier, a second detaching block simultaneously engaged by the lower transverse supports on said panel, whereby the disengaged inverted panel is deposited by said transfer device and suspended by its upper transverse sup,- ports upon said rest at the back of the series of panels, said lower detaching block being pivoted and having'a part lying in the path of the upper panel support by which the block is moved into detaching position for the lower transverse support, and having also a second portion engaged by the lower support as 'it leaves :the blockwhereby the latter isreturned' to non-detaching position.

4. In advertising apparatus of the type described, display panels having transverse,

end supporting spindles, endless traveling chains for inverting andreturning said panels to display position, and sprocket wheels for said chains having teethfor engaging the chainsand adj acentmeans to accommoand intermittently -operated. mechanism for if removing the front panel of the series from theirest, invertingithe same and returningit to the'rest 'at the back of the series, said mechanism comprising endless chains ar ranged at the opposite marginsjof the pan els and having links semicircular 'in'shape and pivoted together at their ends to-afford' a series of open channels, the ends of the supportingrods being-delivered to and supported in said channels'during the invertingv travel of the chains, substantially as described.i' r

In testimony whereof I. have signed my name to this specification,'in the'presence'of two subscribing, witnesses. j

Witnesses:

CHAS. P. PRESSLY,

LEON GEILLET.

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